The Asar Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Asar Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tunbridge Wells. It was registered in August 1971, 55 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Asar Charitable Trust reported income of £13k and spending of £3,346, leaving 75% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £3,091 to £13k (+331%), an average of +44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 256%. Over the whole period it spent 46% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Asar Charitable Trust sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Springfield United Charities (£13k), Mendip Male Voice Choir (£13k) and Bangladesh Association (Swindon Area) (£13k).